Slow cooked Birria Tacos that pairs best with a consome packed with Mexico’s finest ingredients. Loca
This is the origin of Birria LES, a tiny new storefront with a food-truck-sized menu of tacos, mulitas, tostadas, consommé, and esquites on Rivington Street. The restaurant is a partnership between childhood friends Iqbal “Iggy” Ahmed and Emon Ullah, along with another friend, chef Raymundo Garcia, a native of Tlaxcala in central Mexico.
Though Birria LES has only been open for a few weeks, the tiny restaurant – with its seven indoor seats and three outdoor standing tables is a burgeoning favorite among young Muslims. Its popularity is soaring thanks to TikTok, first from @HalalNYC, in a clip that has over 130,000 views and reads, “#Birria LES is a game- changer for #Halal eats in #manhattan